STLCC-Wildwood Student Honored with Student Leadership Award

Jeannine Shaffer, a student at the St. Louis Community College's Wildwood campus, was recently honored with the Missouri Community College Association 2012 Student Leadership Award. Shaffer is pursuing a general transfer studies degree. While at Wildwood, Shaffer has served as the president of the campus’ Phi Theta Kappa chapter, the international honor society for two-year colleges. She was also awarded as a Phi Theta Kappa “Distinguished Member” and was elected in fall 2012 to serve as a regional vice president. She coordinated the college's Commit to Complete Rally in September.

Shaffer is a member of the Student Government Association and Volunteers of Wildwood, a student volunteer club. She was active in the speech and debate club and was named to the Missouri All-State Academic Team last spring.

The Missouri Community College Association is a statewide organization through which Missouri’s community colleges work together to advance common agendas. MCCA provides advocacy, education, information and networking opportunities in service of the state’s 5,700 community college faculty, staff, administrators and trustees.